tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post7497985465202491577..comments2024-01-08T03:21:35.616-05:00Comments on DeKalb County School Watch: DeKalb Schools Placed On Advisement...Cerebrationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-91435783015301807312011-03-11T09:12:59.538-05:002011-03-11T09:12:59.538-05:00I'm brave -- if others want to post very concr...I'm brave -- if others want to post very concrete, very implementable suggestions that could be sent to Dr. Beasley, I will find a way to send them to him directly. So post away but be respectful and treat him as you would someone who actually wants to learn.... (I'm a parent who's been around the block a time or two).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-79788835429617371932011-03-10T23:18:37.414-05:002011-03-10T23:18:37.414-05:00Why doesn't he look at school districts the sa...Why doesn't he look at school districts the same size as ours in other states who are succeeding?<br /><br />He will see that the math program in elementary school doesn't change from year to year. That all schools follow RTI and that students get help from Title One teachers, and that any coaching that takes place is to help improve instruction and not as an administrative role. He will also see that students do not get multiple chances to get work turned in or regraded and that teachers are able to give the grade to the child that he/she earned. He will also see that discipline and proper student/teacher/employee behavior is expected or handled swiftly and sternly. He will also see that these school districts spend far fewer dollars on law suits, so that smaller class sizes can be had. He will also see that administrators run the show and not parents-although the administrators have significant amounts of teaching time, quality degrees and understand what it takes to be an effective classroom teacher. <br /><br />If Beasley realizes that he is over his head, he needs to drop down from his position and get the hell out, so that DCSS can get someone who can do the job effectively and without care to anything about the children and the education that they receive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-12485105781350233992011-03-10T21:45:41.168-05:002011-03-10T21:45:41.168-05:00"I think Dr. Beasley realizes he's in ove..."I think Dr. Beasley realizes he's in over his head and has been looking for help from "other places""<br /><br />If you're in charge of instruction for 96,000+ students and are over your head, you need to move over and let someone else who can do the job take over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-28609991951954592722011-03-10T21:17:51.680-05:002011-03-10T21:17:51.680-05:00for what it's worth, I think Dr. Beasley reali...for what it's worth, I think Dr. Beasley realizes he's in over his head and has been looking for help from "other places" so it's possible this is one of those "looks".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-45341254015675800142011-03-10T21:16:24.091-05:002011-03-10T21:16:24.091-05:00anyone having any problems with how it's being...anyone having any problems with how it's being handled, could directly contact SACS and Dr. Elgart.... the e-mail has been posted here... Maybe Dr. Beasley and DCSS is actually looking to really improve things? If not, maybe you should report the way you are being brow-beaten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-86188256548208217282011-03-10T19:59:37.456-05:002011-03-10T19:59:37.456-05:00"in order to align your perceptions of the di..."in order to align your perceptions of the district's implementation of the seven AdvancEd standards with the perceptions of district staff."<br /><br />This is a euphemistic way of saying you need to understand what we administrators have told SACS and agree with it. We want you to tell SACS you agree with it so we can show that input from teachers show you agree with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-62420086258527213832011-03-10T19:35:25.056-05:002011-03-10T19:35:25.056-05:00From Anon 7:33 (Commentary)
WTH does this mean? ...From Anon 7:33 (Commentary)<br /><br />WTH does this mean? How can the district align its perception of this with the perception of the teachers? What if the teacher's perception is not correctly aligned? Will everyone be beaten over the head with an internal and external PR assault so that the teacher's perception will be correctly aligned (dismissed? distorted? propagandized?) And of course DCSS is still achieving "excellence in teaching and learning." What a load!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-87310511068123724592011-03-10T19:33:50.178-05:002011-03-10T19:33:50.178-05:00To: All Campus-Based Employees
From: Dr. Morcease...To: All Campus-Based Employees<br />From: Dr. Morcease Beasley, Interim Deputy Superintendent for Teaching and Learning <br /> Paula Swartzberg, Director of Research and Evaluation<br />Subject: Feedback Requested on Seven AdvancED/SACS Standards<br />Date: 10 March 2011<br /><br /><br />The AdvancEd/SACS District Reaccreditation Committee is seeking input from you, school staff, in order to align your perceptions of the district's implementation of the seven AdvancEd standards with the perceptions of district staff. Please respond to the 65 item survey by midnight on Sunday, April 3. We value your input as we engage in the continuous improvement process and as we move towards excellence in teaching and learning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-35104888658808989142011-03-09T22:59:57.420-05:002011-03-09T22:59:57.420-05:00Anon 8:02
not funny at allAnon 8:02<br /><br />not funny at allAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-86545990483315528682011-03-09T22:05:20.109-05:002011-03-09T22:05:20.109-05:00um, yes.um, yes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-80628539540534265892011-03-09T21:55:59.678-05:002011-03-09T21:55:59.678-05:00do you mean that literally?do you mean that literally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-83393707686062644812011-03-09T21:42:30.056-05:002011-03-09T21:42:30.056-05:00Is it an ethical lapse or a legal issue for a marr...Is it an ethical lapse or a legal issue for a married principal to hire his pregnant girlfriend to work under him at a DeKalb County High School?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-87662205867621986012011-03-09T21:09:18.454-05:002011-03-09T21:09:18.454-05:00Are we the only ones who have noticed that followi...Are we the only ones who have noticed that following C. Lewis' fall from grace, Bishop Eddie Long was soon falling as well. <br /><br />Is there a power struggle within the "community"?? <br /><br />Are these carefully orchestrated political/personal attacks??<br /><br />Who are the ones behind the curtain?<br /><br /><br /><br />Ben Dover Jim BohicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-86078251083115436462011-03-09T20:02:11.914-05:002011-03-09T20:02:11.914-05:00Hey, everybody, it all good over at Columbia High ...Hey, everybody, it all good over at Columbia High School. Principal Uras Agee III be doing it right by the kids and staff there. Why today to show that he on top of his game with the student athletes he let the students have them a paper ball fight for five minutes in first hall at the beginning of fourth block! Why it was like it was snowing at Columbia High School ya'll. Teachers be ducking in their classrooms, and no administrator in sight! Them kids just throwing an throwing paper balls at one nother. No wonder Columbia High School be having those good basketball teams what with all this practice Principal Uras Agee III be giving the students during school time.<br /><br />Oh, yea, Principal Uras Agee III sure do know how to run a school, and while you at it, use one of them master keys you got at that locksmith on Glenwood and Columbia next to the chicken wing place to go down to the flea market down there at the corner of 285 and Columbia an show that cell phone vendor in the flea market for 25% off I-phone covers. Principal Uras Agee III be recommending you be using one of them covers for yo I-phone sos you don't scratch it with that master key for Columbia High School that you got there at the locksmith on Glenwood and Columbia. Yea, tell em Jonathan Woods sent you and you can get you a buy-one-get-one-free DaVido meal deal at one of his daddy's I-talian resturants. <br /><br />WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-28075663410966880272011-03-07T17:04:28.691-05:002011-03-07T17:04:28.691-05:00"ATLANTA-Bishop Eddie Long told graduating st..."ATLANTA-Bishop Eddie Long told graduating students at the Interdenominational Theological Center that he thrives in controversy." Highbeam.com<br />Eddie Long should be pleased with himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-37418661888994891392011-03-07T16:31:57.678-05:002011-03-07T16:31:57.678-05:00Mr Jackson, principal at Tucker is part of the goo...Mr Jackson, principal at Tucker is part of the good ole boy system too. That is why Ralph Simpson, demoted area supt ended up at Tucker High with him. Of course, he is buddies w Eddie Long and got him to buy the rings. <br /><br />We have to ask ourselves, is the money spent on these gifts really just the money DCSS gave him in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-28293430145087539712011-03-07T15:16:13.115-05:002011-03-07T15:16:13.115-05:00"The United States is not, in any sense, foun..."The United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." John Adams, founding father of my countryLisa Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-81760154436563629182011-03-07T15:13:36.224-05:002011-03-07T15:13:36.224-05:00It was Ron Ramsey, DCSS head of Internal Affairs, ...It was Ron Ramsey, DCSS head of Internal Affairs, who originally recommended Eddie Long for the job at New Birth.<br /><br />(The following text is from a file that has been removed from the internet - it was in our archives.)<br /><br /><a href="http://dekalbschoolwatch.blogspot.com/2011/01/ron-ramsey.html" rel="nofollow">Ron Ramsey (with updates)</a><br /><br /><i>The word was out in the community that the pulpit at New Birth was vacant. A pastor search committee was formed by 16 of the members. Through word of mouth, they received 37 applications. They prayed and extensively weeded out applications for weeks, conducting interviews and listening to taped sermons of pastors. Selected applicants were invited to conduct a sermon at the Sunday services. New Birth was nearing a decision when church member Ronald Ramsey highly recommended a minister named Rev. Eddie Long who had just performed Ramsey’s wedding ceremony.<br /></i><br /><br />Interesting from January 2000, read the last sentance!!:<br /><br />http://161.58.19.96/jan00/index.htm<br /><br />Caption to a missing photo:<br /><br /><i>Bishop Eddie Long embraces a young parishioner during festivities celebrating the opening of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church's new Family Life Center in Lithonia, the first phase of its $50 million project off Evans Mill Road. <br /><br />Long also announced an era of renewed activism for New Birth, including areas of economic independence and traffic. He also put the school system on notice -- the status quo will no longer be acceptable.</i>Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-44316318909182872772011-03-07T14:55:46.078-05:002011-03-07T14:55:46.078-05:00Controversy surrounding 'Bishop' Long'...Controversy surrounding 'Bishop' Long' did not begin with his involvement with DCSS. He and his 'theology' have long been embroiled in controversy, and Dekalb Schools should have never been involved with him to begin with.<br /><br />http://itcsenior06.blogspot.com/2006/05/not-all-at-seminary-welcome-bishop.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-42253403090592281552011-03-07T14:51:14.475-05:002011-03-07T14:51:14.475-05:00New Birth once collected $100,000 in one offering ...New Birth once collected $100,000 in one offering from the Men's Mission for Destiny Academy charter school students to take a trip to South Africa. (Destiny Academy is housed in a former DCSS school, now owned by New Birth, which it leases to DCSS...I kid you not.)<br /><br /><a href="http://crossroadsnews.com/view/full_story/7102968/article-Destiny%E2%80%99s-trip-to-South-Africa-in-peril?" rel="nofollow">Destiny’s trip to South Africa in peril</a>Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-62463152349150387122011-03-07T14:33:35.028-05:002011-03-07T14:33:35.028-05:00NO New Birth influence at DCSS? It is highly unli...NO New Birth influence at DCSS? It is highly unlikely given the amount they have donated. They only donate when it's beneficial to the church. In 2008, I personally saw that the Miller Grove High School Boy's Basketball team had white warm-up jackets that featured the New Birth shield logo on the center, upper back of the jacket (imagine that...a public school sports team wearing a uniform with a church logo). Tucker High School's 2008 state football championship rings were purchased with a generous donation from New Birth. Have they ever supported less successful or lower profile programs? Where is New Birth's enthusiasm and generous support for Literacy and Math enrichment programs at any DCSS school? My guess is that they get more 'bang for the buck' in the programs they have chosen to favor. An audit should be done of any 'gifts' from NBMB Church to any DCSS pgrogram.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-20295798449226884732011-03-05T22:11:27.866-05:002011-03-05T22:11:27.866-05:00Sure don't. I do know that Senator Grassley o...Sure don't. I do know that Senator Grassley of Iowa has closed up his investigation in these mega-churches (New Birth being one he was investigating).Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-77410259287996156452011-03-05T20:27:22.784-05:002011-03-05T20:27:22.784-05:00Cere - I noticed the article was from August 2010....Cere - I noticed the article was from August 2010. Do you know if anything ever came of any ACLU action? I sure looked like a violation of separation of church and state to me.Dekalbparenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376422781260452873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-14967607540379169352011-03-05T19:23:50.912-05:002011-03-05T19:23:50.912-05:00Alas, I've saved the most interesting for last...Alas, I've saved the most interesting for last. This is from <i>Talk to Action</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/9/30/01146/2160" rel="nofollow">Bishop Eddie Long - Dominion Theology and Disdain for Separation of Church and State</a><br /><br /><br /><i>In Taking Authority Long describes being invited to lead a religious rally in a local Dekalb public high school after one of the school's students was stabbed. He describes the Dekalb County Public Safety Commissioner as telling the students,<br /><br />"Here we are in defiance of the Supreme Court, calling on the name of Jesus Christ."<br />Long continues,<br /><br />I preached for twenty-five minutes. I began by telling the students, "God told me to come here because He has chosen Southwest DeKalb [High School] to be His kingdom of high schools." I told them that God had ordained them to be a special group of students and that we had gathered together to sanctify that ordination.<br /><br />At the end of that seventy-five minute "motivational assembly," students came forward by the hundreds to confess their faith in Jesus and to receive prayer. As you can imagine, the legal director for the Georgia office of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was not pleased...</i>Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151096942903989101.post-73610813039388406282011-03-05T19:21:02.347-05:002011-03-05T19:21:02.347-05:00Our primary connections with the church are the us...<i>Our primary connections with the church are the use of the church as one of the district’s graduation venues and the charter school located at the church. To the extent that the allegations are determined to impact either of these, the district would assess the facts and take the appropriate action,” Bowen said. “Prior support from the church to the District would not impact our fiduciary duty to well being of the district’s children in any way.”</i>Cerebrationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11161868015604029471noreply@blogger.com